Dead Solid SummerRaging Moderate By Will Durst Every year, it’s with a gleeful relief we embrace Independence Day, which marks the beginning of dead solid summer. The Fourth of July is a red white and blue arrow to...

Budget a sham forced on Legislators to avoid chaosThe legislature had little choice but to adopt a ludicrous smoke and mirrors budget this year in light of a threatened budget veto that would have plunged state government into chaos, but some posi...

Letters to the EditorDear Editor, By a five to four ruling, SCOTUS dictated that same sex marriage must be allowed in all 50 states. Six of the justices are Roman Catholic and three are Jewish. All have law degrees fro...

Federal money headed to Highway Safety Commission(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.), Chairman of the Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding five ...

The Bottom Line...The Natchitoches Times polled readers on Facebook asking, “What is your opinion about President Obama's use of the 'n word' to make point about race relations?” Daniel Thiels: He's just stirring th...

Voters could make 4 Constitutional changes In what will be a noticeable change of pace, voters will only have to read through four proposed constitutional amendments on the Oct. 24 ballot, including two that would institute substantive chan...

Political polling is at crossroads in LouisianaWith cheap and fast automated surveys being dumped onto the election landscape in Louisiana, pollsters and consultants are taking stock and wondering what’s next. Fewer voters than ever are willing...